Alert archive / Montana / Musselshell County
Weather alerts in Musselshell County, Montana, 2017
75 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Musselshell County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 75
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 20
- Busiest month
- July13 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 10, 20174 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Musselshell County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 3 | 33% | 5 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Billings, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 31 | 15 | 52% | 58 | 45% | 23 min |
| NWS Billings, MT: flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 45 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2:31 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | BYZ | 45 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:48 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 35 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:51 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 13 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:50 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 54 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:16 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 119 min |
| Feb 6, 7:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 2 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:13 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Feb 9, 5:50 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 85 min |
| Feb 9, 7:40 AM MST | Freezing Rain Advisory | BYZ | 8 hr |
| Feb 10, 11:57 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | BYZ | 48 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:50 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:44 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 44 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:16 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 89 min |
| Feb 24, 7:53 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 112 min |
| Mar 1, 5:37 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 113 min |
| Mar 1, 8:43 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:05 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:21 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:41 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 57 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:24 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 53 hr |
| Mar 22, 7:23 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 112 min |
| Mar 22, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 7:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 2:36 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 84 min |
| Apr 4, 5:37 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 6:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 71 min |
| Apr 8, 3:07 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 42 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 81 min |
| May 7, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 41 min |
| May 7, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 45 min |
| May 7, 5:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 12, 8:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 3:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 3:45 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 12 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 3:30 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 17 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:20 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 10, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 3:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 3:09 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 12 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:48 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 33 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 2:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 16, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 3:17 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 42 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 7:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 9:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 3:09 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 12 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:44 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:29 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:50 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 54 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:15 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Oct 19, 2:27 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Oct 20, 5:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 118 min |
| Oct 21, 3:11 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 47 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:04 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:01 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 36 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:19 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 49 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:36 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 36 hr |
| Nov 3, 4:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 83 min |
| Nov 4, 10:35 PM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BYZ | 10 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:50 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 33 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:13 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 7 hr |
| Dec 5, 10:56 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 3 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:18 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 36 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:08 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 39 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:57 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 29 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:04 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:04 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 3 days |
| Dec 30, 3:38 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | BYZ | 18 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Special Weather Statement | 25 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 14 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 8 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.